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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. AS.

hunisūge

privet. See

, and

(Bot.)

One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

☞ The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus

Lonicera

; as,

Lonicera Caprifolium

, and

Lonicera Japonica

, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds;

Lonicera Periclymenum

, the fragrant woodbine of England;

Lonicera grata

, the American woodbine, and

Lonicera sempervirens

, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is

Lonicera Xylosteum

; the American,

Lonicera ciliata

. The American Pinxter flower (

Azalea nudiflora

) is often called

honeysuckle

, or false honeysuckle. The name

Australian honeysuckle

is applied to one or more trees of the genus

Banksia

. See

French honeysuckle

, under